On Sep 3, 2006, at 1:41 PM, joanna wrote:
> But what is different about the Zionist state is that it would not
> exist in its present form without the collusion first of the Brits
> and then of the U.S. In other words, its autonomous image is a
> chimera, an illusion, guaranteed by the protection and subsidy of
> the most powerful and militarized nation state on earth.
Well yeah, but Zionism isn't exactly an empty signifier - it's got a considerable history behind it. Thought they've managed to use it, the imperialists couldn't have invented it.
Doug